https://digitalcampus.swankmp.net/ecudatabase#/play/2298

STUFF TO KNOW BEFORE WATCHING TOUCH OF EVIL *Film noir is a "mode" of filmmaking--a visual style, a mood, a thematic tone—that can be applied to a wide range of films: “Low key” lighting (dark shadows) Extreme camera angles Pessimistic world view/ hopelessness Characters are often morally ambiguous (neither good nor bad) Violence (had to be implied due to PCA) Distrust/mistreatment of women Touch of Evil (1958) is considered to be the “last” film noir* ever made in the classical Hollywood era It was Orson Welles' fifth Hollywood film & his last American film because… Welles clashed with Universal over the final cut & the studio re- edited the film & added new footage for its release Touch of Evil was demoted from A picture to B picture Welles plays the antagonist, Hank Quinlan, with make up & padding (he also wrote the screenplay) Charlton Heston, who is a white American, was cast to play a Mexican detective, Miguel Vargas (yes, this is both weird and offensive) Susan Vargas is played by Janet Leigh, later star of Psycho Tanya, who has a few scenes in the film, is played by the famous star, Marlene Dietrich, who was then in her late 50s  Other cameos include: Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mercedes McCambridge (who is in drag as a juvenile delinquent) LOOK FOR! 3-min. long take that opens the film (it is CRAZY) How long takes are used throughout Overlapping dialogue (what do you pay attention to, whose story do you follow?) Use of wide angle lenses, which distort the frame so that objects “bulge” Use of unusual camera angles (i.e., noticeable, not “invisible”)

Cinematography the photographic aspects of the shot 2. the framing of the shot 3. speed and length of shot

Deep Focus: when all 3 planes are photographed in sharp focus

Low angle

High angle

Fish eye lens (extreme wide angle)

Long shot

Close up